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Steel Gauntlet
School of Fire
AuthorDavid Sherman & Dan Cragg
Cover artistJean Targete
LanguageEnglish
SeriesStarFist
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDel Rey Books
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint Paperback
Pages352
ISBN0-345-42526-X
OCLC40624933
Preceded bySchool of Fire 
Followed byBlood Contact 

Steel Gauntlet is the third novel of the military science fiction StarFist Saga by American writers David Sherman and Dan Cragg.

In Steel Gauntlet, St. Cyr, a maniacal sadist who has reinvented the doctrine of armored warfare has taken control of the planet Diamunde, and 34th FIST is deployed as part of a larger force in a full-scale war to remove him from power. The Marines are to make an opposed landing, establish a "planethead" and hold for relief by the army. These Marines are going to have to fight tanks, something nobody has trained to do in several centuries. And beside the tactical and strategic problems presented by the armor, the overall commander of the Confederation force is a political admiral with a talent for making bad choices. The 34th FIST will have its hands full on this mission, and heavy casualties are certain.